# What should be America's Beverage? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 1, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732 "2005-02-01T04:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/41 "2005-02-02T03:13:37Z")
Coke. No way out of it. Can’t be something alcoholic or coffee because many Americans don’t drink them. Perrier? Yeah right. There’s always Tang, though. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/42 "2005-02-02T03:15:46Z")
Bourbon. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/43 "2005-02-02T04:02:56Z")
COKE The **Boston Tea Party** gives historical support for coffee. Then there is Starbucks. In Europe you occasionally see a sign “American Coffee”, but there is only a 50% chance it really is the real thing. For a real dark horse I nominate **Liquid Krespie Kreme**. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/44 "2005-02-02T04:05:03Z")
I wrote that while sipping on some “Wild Turkey”. Oh, well my excuse is that I grew up in Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/45 "2005-02-02T08:21:36Z")
> [@TitoBenito](#): > > Does anybody besides Americans drink Dr. Pepper? I’ve never found a can anywhere but in the states. Certainly. Widely available in the UK for at least ten years. I prefer it to Coke or Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/46 "2005-02-02T10:13:55Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Sorry, no. > > I’m going to nominate sweet iced tea…, . Sugar? Iced? Tea? Barbarians. ---
**Author:** ![Spooky\_Action](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Spooky\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spooky_Action)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/47 "2005-02-02T10:21:42Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Sugar? Iced? Tea? > > Barbarians. Forgive them **owl** , they know not what they do. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/48 "2005-02-02T10:22:19Z")
Coke, from observation. Even though I will sit in some 24-hr. establishment with my Sprite and wonder how all those people can stand to drink Coke at three in the morning. Me, I have a Coke at dinner and lie awake all night. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/49 "2005-02-02T12:42:18Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Sugar? Iced? Tea? > > Barbarians. I take it you don’t know the heaven that is fresh brewed tea, sweetened so much as to be cloying, served over ice. Tsk tsk tsk. Such a shame. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/50 "2005-02-02T13:05:52Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I take it you don’t know the heaven that is fresh brewed tea, sweetened so much as to be cloying, served over ice. > > Tsk tsk tsk. Such a shame. 1776 - a black year for tea it would appear. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/51 "2005-02-02T13:14:47Z")
The **martini**. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/52 "2005-02-02T13:48:57Z")
> [@owlstretchingtime](#): > > Sugar? Iced? Tea? > > Barbarians. Don’t forget the lemon. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/53 "2005-02-02T15:29:44Z")
How about Rum&Coke? ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/54 "2005-02-02T15:39:36Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Don’t forget the lemon. Words fail me. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/55 "2005-02-02T15:44:52Z")
If you use country time, they put lotsa lemon-flavory citrate in the powder for you. No funky lemony mess on your fingers, and takes, like, three seconds to make. Screw teabags; those are for Limey Europwimps. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/56 "2005-02-02T15:51:26Z")
> [@Loopydude](#): > > If you use country time, they put lotsa lemon-flavory citrate in the powder for you. No funky lemony mess on your fingers, and takes, like, three seconds to make. Screw teabags; those are for Limey Europwimps. Powder? What fresh yankee madness is this? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/57 "2005-02-02T16:09:38Z")
Powdered lemonade in tea? That’s just wrong. I buy store brand juice and just pour it over the ice before adding the tea. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/58 "2005-02-02T16:14:59Z")
Please tell me you are having me on. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/59 "2005-02-02T16:21:20Z")
Nope. All tea, except when eating Chinese or drinking a mug of chai, must be cold and if it is cold, it must have lemon. And tea without sugar is just polluted water. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732/60 "2005-02-02T16:30:30Z")
As much as I hate to say it, Coke. I don’t like the stuff, but apparantly mosty of America does, and indeed, a good portion of the rest of the world seems to like it werll enough. If you asked 1,000,000 people from different countires what beverage they associate with America, most will say Coke. Therefore, I see Coke as being the “American Beverage.” And, as a slight hijack, root beer is only in the US?! Ahhhh! I’ve always wanted to live in London, but if there’s no root beer over there, you limeys can all go to Hell! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-be-americas-beverage/287732.md?page=4)